Jun 6, 2008, 06:55
Hey everyone.
I had no class today and went on a small trip to a historic little town called San He, or Three Rivers.
I've been there once last year with a friend and some students, this time I went by myself. It is only about 20 miles south of Hefei and easy enough to get there, i.e. if you know how to.
Anyway, I don't want to write much, you can refer to my blog if you wish, here are just some pics.
a street in San He
A local invited me into his beautiful (if run-down) old house, there were a few class tiles in the roof so that rays of light were shining into the otherwise rather dark kitchen - right onto the famous water bottles!
water bottles in kichen
other houses along the narrow lanes are less historic, rather from the 1960s and 70s or so I would guess, and you can often peak into their kitchen, living rooms...
living room.
you notice two things characteristic for China? Yes, water bottles and Mao....
I visited the mansion of a couple who had done business there, him selling rice, her selling fabrics, very interesting. The house was nicely decorated, here are two pictures from the "sewing room"
sewing 1 (no, she is not real)
sewing 2
Along the streets you can buy all sorts of local foods, like these noodles, I think I have only seen in
San He so far.
noodles
And yes, NT, however appetizing the result may look, you don't want to see how/where these dishes are prepared.
dishes 1
I had my lunch at this restaurant:
restaurant
see the small fish on the plate on the right? not the big ones in the first row, but the smaller, dried ones behind them. with these I had fried rice balls. the owner of the restaurant even remembered me from our first visit, even though at that time, we had not stayed for lunch.
I also revisited the barber's shop you already know from my hairdresser series,
this time the boss was even there:
hairdresser revisited
Hope you enjoy my pictures, have a good evening everyone!
Greetings, Uli
I had no class today and went on a small trip to a historic little town called San He, or Three Rivers.
I've been there once last year with a friend and some students, this time I went by myself. It is only about 20 miles south of Hefei and easy enough to get there, i.e. if you know how to.
Anyway, I don't want to write much, you can refer to my blog if you wish, here are just some pics.
a street in San He
A local invited me into his beautiful (if run-down) old house, there were a few class tiles in the roof so that rays of light were shining into the otherwise rather dark kitchen - right onto the famous water bottles!
water bottles in kichen
other houses along the narrow lanes are less historic, rather from the 1960s and 70s or so I would guess, and you can often peak into their kitchen, living rooms...
living room.
you notice two things characteristic for China? Yes, water bottles and Mao....
I visited the mansion of a couple who had done business there, him selling rice, her selling fabrics, very interesting. The house was nicely decorated, here are two pictures from the "sewing room"
sewing 1 (no, she is not real)
sewing 2
Along the streets you can buy all sorts of local foods, like these noodles, I think I have only seen in
San He so far.
noodles
And yes, NT, however appetizing the result may look, you don't want to see how/where these dishes are prepared.
dishes 1
I had my lunch at this restaurant:
restaurant
see the small fish on the plate on the right? not the big ones in the first row, but the smaller, dried ones behind them. with these I had fried rice balls. the owner of the restaurant even remembered me from our first visit, even though at that time, we had not stayed for lunch.
I also revisited the barber's shop you already know from my hairdresser series,
this time the boss was even there:
hairdresser revisited
Hope you enjoy my pictures, have a good evening everyone!
Greetings, Uli